St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-02
st. Paul Beats Duluth in the
Eighth and Ninth Innings
Of the Game.
A Pretty Fight Between the
Ball Tossers of Eau Claire
and Minneapolis.
After Many Victories Des
Moines Finally Loses a
Game at Home.
Detroit, Pittsbupg, Chicago
and Boston the National
League Winners.

st. Paul and Duluth yesterday after
noon fought another great battle in the
presence of about 1000 people. The
visitors had matters all their own way
for the first seven innings, st. Paul 60
Ing out in almost one, two, three order,
and only two men being left on bases.
In the eighth and ninth innings, how
ever, six runs were piled up in rapid
succession to the intense delight of the
crowd. and the game won. The feature
OF the game was the action of Umpire
Sullivan. In the first four innings he
made several close decisions, upon which
numerous enthusiasts ''guyed' him I'M
til he got angry. His decisions, however,
were all correct, and much the larger
proportion of the crowd was with him.
In the fifth inning Pickett was on first
base, Crooks at bat and Wilmot
on the cOacher's line, off third base.
Sullivan called time to discuss some
matter with Earle. the Duluth catcher,
but Brynan was not in the pitchers box
according to rule. WilmOt noticed this
and asked Brynan to give him a catch.
The latter threw the ball, but Wilmot
purpOSely got out of the way of it and
it went skipping over to the left field
fence. Before the ball could be returned
Pickett had run home from first, Sulli-
van ordered him back, but Pickett re-
fused to go and said he had made the
run according to rule and proposed to
have it count. At this Sullivan threw
his mask into the diamond and hastily
left the grounds. A parley then en-
sued between the managers of the
teams, and, after a half hours talk,
George NettletOn was chosen as UNI
pire, Pickett was sent back to first base
and
THE GAME PROCEEDED.
Duluth got a run in the second inning
ON hits by Quinn, Foulkrod and McMil-
Ian, another in the third on Earle's
double and Quinn'S single and the last
in the fifth on hits by Jones and Quinn
and a tumble by Cleveland. ST. Paul
did not begin scoring until the eighth,
when Pickett touched the ball down in
front of the plate for a base, went to
second on Brynan'S wild throw, to third
on a passed ball and was run down be-
tween third and the plate on McCauley'S
grOunder, the latter going to third on
the play. Viau then performed the
wonder of his life by hitting the ball to
right center for two bases and was HIM
self brought home by Murphy's line
drive to left. This excited the crowd
very peICeplIDly, DIS llltIe was clllllc6
to tie the score. WilmOt, however, hit
a little one to the pitcher and the side
was out. In the next inning Burch trot-
ted to first on balls and Cleveland struck
out. 1t still looked like a victory for
Duluth. Stockwell then drove the ball
against Brynan's legs with such force
that it bounded over the right foul line
towards the players bench. Pickett's
single to center enabled Burch to score,
and crooks double to right emptied the
bases. At this the crowd went wild and
there was no hearing or doing anything
for some minutes. McCauley's grounder
to first sent Crooks to third and wild
pitch brought him home. Duluth went
out i'll one, two, three order in the last
half of the inning, and thus ended re-
markable contest. Quinn made several
pretty stops and catches, Jones and
Wilmot each took a difficult fly and
Pickett's short-stop work was extra
good. Viau was in poor condition, being
almost too i'll to pitch at all. The score
follows: